netdev - [PATCH] sh_eth: no need to call ether

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Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:24:47 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sh_eth: no need to call ether_setup()

There's no need to call ether_setup() in the driver since prior alloc_etherdev()
call already arranges for it.

Suggested-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>

---
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Index: net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
===================================================================
--- net-next.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -2639,9 +2639,6 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platf
 
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
-	/* Fill in the fields of the device structure with ethernet values. */
-	ether_setup(ndev);
-
 	mdp = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	mdp->num_tx_ring = TX_RING_SIZE;
 	mdp->num_rx_ring = RX_RING_SIZE;
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